Are we followers? Do we believe in the knower, the expert, the gurus, the teachers? Do we have the capacity to inquire into a matter independently, without any help or guidance? Or are we always looking for guidance? Is it because we are lost, and unable to dissolve our own confusion, that we rely on the authority?

The word, perfection, has become a toxic word. It is loaded with so much expectation that any free understanding of this word becomes very difficult. To have freedom means, does it not, to be able to observe without fear or pleasure. There are no strings attached, not the driving quality of attraction or aversion, so that one is able to look at something with simple eyes, without the habitual motive or calculation.